The
first three battles of the American War for Independence (our Revolution)
were not fought over taxation without representation, separation from
an abusive clueless King, or nationalism. The first three battles of our
American Revolution were fought to resist gun control.

General
Thomas Gage, military governor of Massachusetts sent a force to confiscate
weapons and capture patriot leaders.

When
the British confronted Captain Parker and his militia in Lexington, they
arrived to confiscate powder and ball. They met resistance and the negative
consequences of collecting ammunition (one round at a time…).

Notwithstanding
our faults, warts, blemishes, mistakes, and habitual myopia, since it’s
founding 230 years ago, the United States of America has become and remains
the best country on the planet.

Despite
the persistent worst efforts of elected officials to undermine, marginalize
and abrogate the essence of the very document to which they all swear
a sacred oath, the ghost of the republic lingers still.

The
NRA’s Wayne LaPierre, has issued a warning that Kofi Annan is trying to
“finalize a U.N. treaty that would strip all citizens of all nations of
their right to own guns and you of your self-protection rights under the
Second Amendment.”

The
United Nations is a dysfunctional collection of arrogant pampered bureaucrats
who presume to dictate, legislate, and lecture anyone who does not subscribe
to the gospel according to them.

The
UN has been mired in corruption and incompetence for decades. ‘Oil for
Food’ abuses were merely a multi-billion-dollar symptom of the systemic
problems, which frankly are unfixable.

The
greatest threat to the UN’s ability to sustain bumbling incompetence and
corruption has been, and remains, the United States.

For
decades the UN’s reach has exceeded their grasp.

1. They
want an International Criminal Court. 2. They want a global taxation mechanism (so as not to be dependent/accountable
to dues paying members). 3. They want a standing army. 4. They want to be a for real world government, capable to imposing
their will on ‘subordinate’ member states.

LaPierre
(understandably) has his jockey’s in a wad because “This summer at U.N.
headquarters in New York City -- right here on American soil -- these
nations along with more than 500 gun-ban groups worldwide will hold an
international conference to draft a global "Treaty on Small Arms."
[Read: "The
Global War on Your Guns"]

Yeah,
that is a bad thing…however, we (as a nation) have rejected previous overreaching
by the ‘United Nothing’, and I suspect we will continue to do so.

We rejected the
Kyoto Accords not just because it was built on a foundation of junk
science and hyperbole. We rejected Kyoto because it was another UN power
grab to impose their will on the U.S.

We rejected the
International Criminal Court for much the same reasoning. *However, we allowed the creation of the World Trade Organization
which is no less a challenge to national sovereignty.

We rejected the
UN mandate for establishment of a UN ‘Army’ for similar (and more) reasons.
A soldier cannot ‘Pledge Allegiance’ to two flags/countries.

A global
Treaty on Small Arms is old news. Globalists have been trying (and failing)
to disarm would-be resisters for a very long time. Department of State
Publication 7277 (www.geoffmetcalf.com/7277.html)
Disarmament Series 5 was released September 1961.

The
mere ‘perception’ of an armed citizenry scared Japan during WWII. Admiral
Yamamoto said, “You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would
be a rifle behind each blade of grass.”

Yamamoto’s
comment was hyperbolic and not accurate. However, the ‘perception’ of
the US served as a real impediment to mitigate a Japanese invasion.

Likewise,
after the cold war, a group of former KGB agents and CIA agents were reportedly
meeting in Europe when the question was raised about Soviet invasion.
The Russians reportedly said, “…Not unless your government could have
disarmed citizens. You have too many guns…”

Again,
the strategic ‘perception’ of American cowboys and armed grandmothers
intimidated an enemy.

The
UN may have a ‘Jones’ to destroy the Second Amendment and ban private
ownership of guns (along with our Constitution and the rest of the Bill
of Rights) …but even now, THAT dog ain’t gonna hunt.

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Congress
would not dare ratified any such UN treaty. Those congress critters that
would vote for essentially abrogating the constitutionally guaranteed
God given right would (with the probable exceptions of California big
cities and NYC) be out of work. Many Americans would flat out refuse to
comply.

LaPierre
is right when he says, “This fight is about more than firearms ownership.
This is a fight for our national sovereignty, our individual freedoms
and the future of our nation.”

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“This
summer at U.N. headquarters in New York City -- right here on American
soil -- these nations along with more than 500 gun-ban groups worldwide
will hold an international conference to draft a global "Treaty on Small
Arms."